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he Rev. Fred Phelps, the Kansas minis­
ter and gay-baiter, decided to take his
message to Chicago. He and six members of
his family made the trip to protest against a
local minister who had performed a same-sex
marriage ceremony at the Broadway United
Methodist Church, according to a Nov. 23
Chicago Tribune report.
When Phelps and company arrived at the
church on Nov. 22, they were surrounded by
more than 1,500 people who, in the words of
a local minister, had come to protect the
neighborhood from “the power of evil” as
manifested in the form of Phelps and his
family.
The Phelps family huddled behind a
police barricade for about 90 minutes before
making an escape.
Counterdemonstrators included clergy,
community groups and politicians from
throughout the Chicago area.
“The presence of the many congrega­
tions, faiths and understandings this morn­
ing...says something about where the spirit
of our city and society is, in contrast to where
the purveyors of intolerance say it is,” said
the Rev. Gregory Dell, pastor of Broadway
United Methodist Church.
In October, Phelps organized a demon­
stration at the funeral of Matthew Shepard,
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the Rev. Fred Phelps to protest outside
Chicago’s Broadway United Methodist
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a gay University of Wyoming student who
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s if worrying about the potential Y2K com­
puter disaster is not trouble enough, the
new millennium will see a heterosexual-
marriages-only measure on the year 2000 C ali­
fornia ballot, The Associated Press reported
Nov. 18.
Measure backers hope voters will see fit to
refuse to recognize same-sex marriages no matter
which, if any, state sanctions such unions.
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ive West Hartford families— including
same-sex couples, an unmarried heterosexu­
al couple, and their children— claim the city
discriminates against them by refusing to grant
them the same privileges accorded to married
couples and their children, according to a Nov.
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urprise, surprise: The very gay-friendly San
Francisco Board of Supervisors has raised
the ire of the very anti-gay Family Research
Council.
A Nov. 24 FRC press release quotes the orga­
nization’s president, Gary Bauer, who accuses
the board of “reckless rhetoric and reckless
regard for the truth.” Bauer also demands an
apology from board supervisors.
The cause of all this brouhaha? In an Oct. 19
letter, the board said there is a direct correlation
between “horrible crimes committed against
gays and lesbians” and the FRC’s “Truth in
Love” ad campaign, which purports to offer
hope and healing to those struggling with
homosexuality. The missive cites the killing of
Matthew Shepard as an example of the horrible
crimes.
The board sent the piece to FRC, the Chris­
tian Coalition, American Family Association,
Coral Ridge Ministries, U .S. Sens. Trent Lott
and Jesse Helms, and U .S. Rep. Newt Gingrich.
In his response, Bauer said: “This is a scur­
rilous and utterly unfounded charge. There is no
evidence that the thugs in Wyoming ever saw
our ads, or were influenced by them in any way.
If they had, they would have seen such state­
ments as, ‘We believe every human being is pre­
cious to G od and is entitled to respect,’ and ‘The
truth that God loves them could just be the
truth that sets them free.’ ”
The FRC is seeking a meeting with the
board.
A t issue is the cost of memberships at the
Cornerstone Aquatic Center. The complainants
pay $200 to $300 more per membership to swim
at the Cornerstone pool than do married cou­
ples and families.
The five families plan to file complaints with
the state Commission on Human Rights and
Opportunities. The West Hartford town council
has already refused to grant them family mem­
berships.
GEORGIA
ust in case anyone was under the illusion that
Southern Baptists in Georgia were clamoring
for the opportunity to perform same-sex mar­
riages in their churches, several media outlets
have reported that the Southern Baptists of
Georgia voted last month to exclude congrega­
tions that “endorse” homosexuality.
The vote took place at the state convention
of Southern Baptists. Delegates to the conven­
tion warned churches that “they should not
knowingly take any action to affirm, approve or
endorse homosexual behavior if they want to
remain in the convention.”
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